Raskamboni Movement

The Raskamboni Movement was a paramilitary group active in southern Somalia from October 2009. Led by Sheikh Ahmed Madobe, the movement was opposed to the radical Islamist group al-Shabaab, having emerged as a splintergroup of the Ras Kamboni Brigades due to Sheikh Ahmed's opposition to a merger with al-Shabaab. The Raskamboni Movement allied with the Somali government, and it grew to have 1,000 fighters.